BY: News Peddlers
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Bandits kidnapped 80 children in Zamfara State's Tsafe Local Government Area on Friday morning.
The children range in age from 12 to 17, according to BBC Hausa.
According to some of the abducted children's parents who spoke to the British broadcaster, the victims were in the bush fetching firewood around 8:00 a.m. when the assailants rounded them up and marched them away into the forest.
Bandits' activities in Zamfara have not stopped despite several government interventions to stop them. Hundreds of schoolchildren have been kidnapped and some have been released after a ransom has been paid.
As of the time the BBC reported the kidnapping, the abductors had yet to contact the parents in order to make any demands.